Pics of Finnish soldiers in Kosovo, Eritrea and Afghanistan

[mustamato]

I´m bored and inspired by MARINO´s "spanish forces in SFOR". But this time with finnish soldiers.

Afghanistan: Detachment of 50 soldiers that mainly is involved in CIMIC.

Kosovo: 700 soldiers. The Irish troops in Kosovo (one company) lives in the finnish camp and are under finnish command (that´s why they are often seen together).

Eritrea: 200 soldiers and 7 observers.

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Afghanistan

http://tietokannat.mil.fi/rauhanturvaajat/get2data.php3?id=10
The finnish soldiers mission in Afghanistan is mainly to help the civilian population (CIMIC), so this picture is good as it shows that.

http://tietokannat.mil.fi/rauhanturvaajat/get2data.php3?id=13
Finnish top brass visits Afghanistan, (yeah it´s a admiral). Note that one of them has a lion in silver without crown. That is the armys beret badge. And the one in gold with crown is the beret badge of finnish rapid deployment forces, it´s usually those that are sent abroad.

http://tietokannat.mil.fi/rauhanturvaajat/get2data.php3?id=23

Kosovo

http://tietokannat.mil.fi/rauhanturvaajat/get2data.php3?id=49
Finnish corpral Keni Kaarla talks to Irish rangers Pamela Smithiä (left) and Denise Brerton

http://tietokannat.mil.fi/rauhanturvaajat/get2data.php3?id=37

http://tietokannat.mil.fi/rauhanturvaajat/get2data.php3?id=35
Ambulance

http://tietokannat.mil.fi/rauhanturvaajat/get2data.php3?id=34

http://tietokannat.mil.fi/rauhanturvaajat/get2data.php3?id=20

http://tietokannat.mil.fi/rauhanturvaajat/get2data.php3?id=22

http://tietokannat.mil.fi/rauhanturvaajat/get2data.php3?id=53
Finnish state/military flag

http://tietokannat.mil.fi/rauhanturvaajat/get2data.php3?id=5
At Camp Ville

http://tietokannat.mil.fi/rauhanturvaajat/get2data.php3?id=9
Clearing mines with a "Raisu"

Eritrea

http://tietokannat.mil.fi/rauhanturvaajat/get2data.php3?id=32
The first thing finnish peacekeeps do when deployed is to set up their sauna :)

http://tietokannat.mil.fi/rauhanturvaajat/get2data.php3?id=43
Taking over responsibility from the Irish.

http://tietokannat.mil.fi/rauhanturvaajat/get2data.php3?id=46
Taking over responsibility from the Irish.

http://tietokannat.mil.fi/rauhanturvaajat/get2data.php3?id=40
Taking over responsibility from the Irish.

http://tietokannat.mil.fi/rauhanturvaajat/get2data.php3?id=28

[FM]

Those two females aren't rangers.

[mustamato]

Those two females aren't rangers.

What are they then? In the text to the picture they were called jääkäri. Or jaeger. I don´t really know what that translates to in the Irish army though but in the finnish army Jaegers are better equipped and trained infantry units than ordinary infantry.

[radon]

The speed these images are posted here: maybe in the future there has to be a "Finnish military photos& Mustamato" forum on this site rofl

[Guttorm]

That irish cammo looks sort alike the french.

NICE PICS! :D

[Jack Mehoff]

No offense but the female on the right is too blubbery to be anything but Irish Rangers :lol:

http://tietokannat.mil.fi/rauhanturvaajat/get2data.php3?id=49

[George W. Bush]

the bombing of innocent Serb civilians in Yugoslavia is an atrocity

[mustamato]

the bombing of innocent Serb civilians in Yugoslavia is an atrocity

... which has little to do with the finnish troops in Kosovo since they got in after the bombings as peacekeepers. Actually as the first from a non-NATO country.

[He219]

Nice Pictures, mustamato!
:D

I like that Finnish Fractal Desert Camo. Reminds me of the German Wuesten Fleck-Tarn ...

http://tietokannat.mil.fi/rauhanturvaajat/get2data.php3?id=43

[mustamato]

Nice Pictures, mustamato!
:D

I like that Finnish Fractal Desert Camo. Reminds me of the German Wuesten Fleck-Tarn ...

http://tietokannat.mil.fi/rauhanturvaajat/get2data.php3?id=43

It should because it´s based on the german one :) Finland is a small country with a small defence budget so the military don´t spend money on developing stuff, they wait a couple of years and see what equipment works out in other countries first, and then adopt it slightly modified, then they know that it works and it didn´t cost a dime. In this case the uniform is more or less a rip-off from the danish/german ones and the pattern has been modified slightly so that the finns will look like finns and not as germans. Here is a closer look on the camo.

http://www.holkkari.net/artikkelit/kuvat/Helleasu02.jpg

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More pictures of finnish soldiers in Kosovo

http://www.holkkari.net/omatkuvat/kfor/aav.jpg
Finnish-made "NASU" used a signals vehicle, these are one of
the most common vehicles in the finnish army and are used to all
kinds of things, SAM-carriers, mortar carriers and so forth. There
are kevlar plates that can be put on the vehicle and thus making it
armoured, but these are seldom (if ever) used during peace-time.

http://www.holkkari.net/omatkuvat/kfor/aau.jpg
"More House" being set up, they are used to all kinds of things, including a sauna (see Eritrea in the first post)

http://www.holkkari.net/omatkuvat/kfor/aak.jpg
Making friends with the civilians of course...

http://www.holkkari.net/omatkuvat/kfor/aad.jpg
Ordinary "police duties" in Kosovo, searching for weapons and so forth

http://www.holkkari.net/artikkelit/kuvat/KRIVOLA2.jpg
Practicing with finnish-made 81 KrH 71Y mortar. Support weapons
obviously, but what they would be used for in Kosovo I don´t really know.
It´s not like you could bomb the hell out of criminal gangs.

http://www.plutonen.com/ks05/images/Kosovo_maj/images/Finn-EOD%20skjutning%20011.jpg
Swedish soldier firing finnish light machinegun KvKK, finnish standard
heavy machinegun also visible (russian NSV with norweigian mount)

Eritrea

http://www.holkkari.net/artikkelit/kuvat/NYRKIT1.jpg
Finnish peacekeeper Simo Latvala won over Sudanese champion
Machar Atwer (not often you see the white guy winning :D)

[stimpy]

There are no females in the Irish ARW.. plus the fact that they are waring glasses would disqualify them from selection... these "ladies" are reg inf

[He219]

Just one question:

Why do the Finns bring a Sauna to Eritrea? Don't you sweat enough in Africa?

;)

[samilisko]

Just one question:

Why do the Finns bring a Sauna to Eritrea? Don't you sweat enough in Africa?

;)

It is really a big difference sweating due hot weather or due hot temperature in sauna :) And it's an old tradition here. I think most pepole go to sauna couple of times a week, around the year. It really is a lot more relaxing than just taking a shower. It's also a tradition for our UN guys. Where ever they start a new mission, about the first the building to erect is the sauna, even if it means they have to sleep in tents for a while :D

[FM]

What are they then? In the text to the picture they were called jääkäri. Or jaeger. I don´t really know what that translates to in the Irish army though but in the finnish army Jaegers are better equipped and trained infantry units than ordinary infantry.


They're ordinary infantry.

[wreck]

What are they then? In the text to the picture they were called jääkäri. Or jaeger. I don´t really know what that translates to in the Irish army though but in the finnish army Jaegers are better equipped and trained infantry units than ordinary infantry.


They're ordinary infantry.
Umm. okay. I might have few things to add to this. Most of finnish infantry brigades are called jaeger brigades, this means they are highly mobile and include recon, AT-company, engineers, mortar company etc. They are on the verge of modernization and this means that the xa-188 "pasi" APCs will make way for AMV (Pori Brigade) and CV90 (Karjalan Prikaati) troop carriers. They are the backbone of finnish land forces, even though the ones who would get the most pounding and be the most powerful would naturally be the Armored bridage.

Anyway there is also "regular infantry" which is reservists with not so high tech gear and also the troop quality is not so good. When my mandatory service was over we were given our 'wartime positions" and most of us were placed into jaeger brigades but then there was a portion (mostly guys with many days out of service due to sickness etc) which was positioned to "infantry.

[LongWayToTheTop]

(not often you see the white guy winning :D)[/i]

erm Hell no i see white guys beating black guys in boxing heaps usally the white guy wins mate.

[Dave the Dawg]

Just one question:

Why do the Finns bring a Sauna to Eritrea? Don't you sweat enough in Africa?

;)Practically every Finn in my hometown of Lake Worth, Florida, had a sauna, too. Lake Worth, about an hour north of Miami, has possibly the largest Finnish community outside of Finland.

[Uninen]

LoL,

about the pics..

And especially NSV.. (12,7 ITKK 96)

Why in earth they ever did get that Norwegian mount (cradle..?) and that Norwegian sight for it???

Ive fired and used this weapon, and the Norwegian parts were the ones that did not function properly..

:bash:

[Kimster]

http://www.plutonen.com/ks05/images/Kosovo_maj/images/Finn-EOD%20skjutning%20011.jpg
Swedish soldier firing finnish light machinegun KvKK, finnish standard
heavy machinegun also visible (russian NSV with norweigian mount)


mmm.. very nice.. very very.. excellent photo.. relly nice





... / the phototaker :cantbeli:

[Uninen]

Kimster,

You took that?

Well.. whats the problem?

Finns let you play with KvKK and you let Finns post your pics..

Its fair..

Or do you want us to charge you for those hundreds of 7.62x39mm rounds?

p-)

[SFontaine]

http://www.holkkari.net/artikkelit/kuvat/Helleasu02.jpg

Daaaayyyuuummmmm

[Wacko]

No offense but the female on the right is too blubbery to be anything but Irish Rangers :lol:

http://tietokannat.mil.fi/rauhanturvaajat/get2data.php3?id=49Yea,
female Rangers?

[Kimster]

Kimster,

You took that?

Well.. whats the problem?

Finns let you play with KvKK and you let Finns post your pics..

Its fair..

Or do you want us to charge you for those hundreds of 7.62x39mm rounds?

p-)

mm.. yea well alright. But just this time okey ?!
..afterall its a great photo ;)

[mustamato]

http://www.mil.se/int/images/local/fs06-v404-patrull.jpg
Two swedes, one finn and a local interpretor on patrol in Kabul

http://tietokannat.mil.fi/rauhanturvaajat/get2data.php3?id=38
EOD-soldier in Kosovo and PMA-2 mine

http://tietokannat.mil.fi/rauhanturvaajat/get2data.php3?id=36
Finnish recon soldier in Kosovo on his way to his observation place

http://tietokannat.mil.fi/rauhanturvaajat/get2data.php3?id=7
Finnish flag in Camp Ville(?) in Kosovo

http://tietokannat.mil.fi/rauhanturvaajat/get2data.php3?id=21
Finnish Santa in Kosovo, and (probably) a local interpretor in finnish uniform

http://tietokannat.mil.fi/rauhanturvaajat/get2data.php3?id=14
Searching for a man that fired upon finnish soldiers in Kosovo, the soldiers returned fire.
A british helicopter also visible on the picture

http://tietokannat.mil.fi/rauhanturvaajat/get2data.php3?id=52
Searching a car in Donja Gusterica, Kosovo

[mustamato]

Eritrea

http://www.marttitikka.net/images/eritrea/Unmee001.jpg

http://www.marttitikka.net/images/eritrea/Unmee003.jpg

http://www.marttitikka.net/images/eritrea/Unmee006.jpg
In the middle of the picture, the finnish camp

http://www.marttitikka.net/images/eritrea/Img0017.jpg
Main gate

http://www.marttitikka.net/images/eritrea/Img0018.jpg

http://www.marttitikka.net/images/eritrea/Img0039.jpg

http://www.marttitikka.net/images/eritrea/Img0031.jpg

[mustamato]

Kosovo

http://www.marttitikka.net/images/sisu/Sisu012.jpg

http://www.marttitikka.net/images/kosovo/Kos022.jpg

http://www.marttitikka.net/images/kosovo/Kos217.jpg

http://www.marttitikka.net/images/kosovo/Img9999.jpg
Weapons found during a raid, nice Thompson

http://www.marttitikka.net/images/kosovo/Kos1118.jpg

http://www.marttitikka.net/images/kosovo/03502.jpg
APC´s six man "nyrkki" = fist

http://www.marttitikka.net/images/kosovo/03702.jpg
Together with a swedish Pbv 302

http://www.marttitikka.net/images/kosovo/Img2117.jpg
EOD-team clearing mines

http://www.marttitikka.net/images/kosovo/Img2159.jpg
Finnish fire-fighter in Kosovo

[mustamato]

Older pictures of finnish peace-keeping

Libanon (pics from 1980´s to 2001)

http://www.marttitikka.net/images/libanon/Lib1988a.jpg
After a little accident with a Pasi

http://www.marttitikka.net/images/libanon/Pasi001.jpg
Pasi after a driving on to a mine (bottom right of the pic), no dead or injured

http://www.marttitikka.net/images/libanon/Lib003c.jpg
Guard tower

http://www.marttitikka.net/images/libanon/Lib007c.jpg
View from guard tower

http://www.marttitikka.net/images/libanon/Lib779.jpg
Another view from the tower

http://www.marttitikka.net/images/libanon/Kuva400.jpg
Battalions situation room

http://www.marttitikka.net/images/libanon/Lib872.jpg
Finnish UN-troops in Libanon during a combat exercise (defending
the base obviously)

http://www.marttitikka.net/images/libanon/Litani07b.jpg
Taking a break during a foot patrol

http://www.marttitikka.net/images/libanon/Lib508.jpg
Finnish peace-keeper buys stuff from local golddealer. Probably fake gold :)

[intelligenzija]

Finland rocks :) woot

[kinghk]

http://www.marttitikka.net/images/kosovo/Img9999.jpg
Weapons found during a raid, nice Thompson


Nice arms collection. MP40 or 38 and FN High-Power also.

[Uninen]

http://www.marttitikka.net/images/kosovo/03502.jpg
Fist / nyrkki..

Uhm..

M/85 snipers rifle and 7.62 RK 95 TP with silencer..
(SILENCER?!? Why?!?)

What is that the nyrkki does?

Hunts for people?
(Bad guys.. KLA..)

:D

[Uninen]

Finland rocks :) woot

We do..

:hug: ;)

[Javehn]

What da hell ?? I know that place !

http://www.marttitikka.net/images/libanon/Lib779.jpg

[Uninen]

What da hell ?? I know that place !

That is in south Lebanon..

So if you have been in there.. the odds are that you do..

;)

[Marmot1]

http://www.marttitikka.net/images/kosovo/Img9999.jpg
I wanna this MP-40
does anybody have one for sale??? I'm asking seriously...

[mustamato]

http://www.marttitikka.net/images/kosovo/Img9999.jpg
Weapons found during a raid, nice Thompson


Nice arms collection. MP40 or 38 and FN High-Power also.

I think it´s a Tokarev TT


I wanna this MP-40
does anybody have one for sale??? I'm asking seriously...

There are a lot of those on E-bay :)

http://i10.ebayimg.com/02/i/01/39/bb/9a_1.JPG

[mustamato]

http://www.marttitikka.net/images/eritrea/Img0021.jpg
Finnish peacekeeper in Adigrati market in Ethiopia.

http://www.marttitikka.net/images/eritrea/Img0028.jpg
Finnish CIMIC personel checking out what can be done
about the water situation in this Ethiopian village

http://www.marttitikka.net/images/eritrea/Img0038.jpg
Finnish UN-ambulance in Asmara, Eritrea

http://www.marttitikka.net/images/sisu/Sisu013.jpg
Kfor ambulance

http://www.marttitikka.net/images/sisu/Sisu015.jpg
Kfor EOD-team

http://www.marttitikka.net/images/sisu/Sisu007.jpg
Recon team in Macedonia

http://www.marttitikka.net/images/sisu/Sisu006.jpg
Golan heights on the "motivation square".

http://www.marttitikka.net/images/sisu/Sisu002.jpg
Lebanon

http://www.marttitikka.net/images/unmogip/Img200205.jpg
Finnish military UN-observer in Pakistan/India border.

http://www.marttitikka.net/images/unmogip/Img200211.jpg
Talking with civilian in Muzaffarabad

http://www.marttitikka.net/images/kosovo/00801.jpg
Winter in Kosovo

http://www.marttitikka.net/images/kosovo/Img2116.jpg
Finnish firefighter in Kosovo

http://www.marttitikka.net/images/kosovo/Img2120.jpg
Found in a village in Kosovo during a raid

http://www.marttitikka.net/images/kosovo/Img2124.jpg
Preparing the escort of a serbian buss in Kosovo, with the british

http://www.marttitikka.net/images/kosovo/Img2160.jpg
In Stimlje, Kosovo

http://www.marttitikka.net/images/kosovo/Kos712b.jpg
Something interesting has been found in Kosovo
and is reported in to the base

http://www.marttitikka.net/images/bosnia/Kuva304.jpg
Outside Doboj in Bosnia the war is still seen in the form of fighting
where these armoured vehicles were destroyed

http://www.marttitikka.net/images/sobh/SOBH0013.jpg
With american friends, and hm, that one I don´t know from where
he is.

http://www.marttitikka.net/images/bosnia/Kuva305.jpg
Also this T-34/85 was used in the fighting.

http://www.marttitikka.net/images/bosnia/Bos010c.jpg
... view from behind

http://www.marttitikka.net/images/bosnia/Bos016c.jpg
Patrol in Bosnia

Some of the camps in Lebanon:

http://koti.mbnet.fi/~herrax/images/kranu.jpg
UN camp 9-33 after Israeli 155 mm HE-FRAG

http://koti.mbnet.fi/~herrax/images/47a.jpg
Poor mans Eilat, UN camp 9-47A

http://koti.mbnet.fi/~herrax/images/arskluos.jpg
9-47A again, note Israelis on top of the hill

http://koti.mbnet.fi/~herrax/images/taibe.jpg
At the water tower UN scamp 9-46, village Taibe

[Maine Finn]

http://tietokannat.mil.fi/rauhanturvaajat/get2data.php3?id=32
The first thing finnish peacekeeps do when deployed is to set up their sauna :)

Well of course. Can't really live in a place without one!!
:( That said, I've not yet had the opportunity to take a proper sauna.... not too many places in Maine to do that!! It makes me sad. (Maybe twenty years ago would have yielded more opportunities.)

[Catch22]

Great pics mustamato woot I especially liked Erithrea ones. Theyre good portrait of FDF/SA on peackeeping missions - prehaps Permskii would comment that these soldiers are too tidy and so... ;) Anyways - thanks a lot for sharing them :)

[Parzival]

Those two females aren't rangers.

What are they then? In the text to the picture they were called jääkäri. Or jaeger. I don´t really know what that translates to in the Irish army though but in the finnish army Jaegers are better equipped and trained infantry units than ordinary infantry.
Trust me. They are not Rangers :roll:

[gorg]

nice pics, gimme more! :P

[mustamato]

nice pics, gimme more! :P

http://www.marttitikka.net/kuvatoimisto/kuvat03/Img3001.jpg
Common sight in Bosnia

http://www.marttitikka.net/kuvatoimisto/kuvat03/Img3042.jpg
Finnish (fallen soldiers?) equipment in Cyprus

http://www.marttitikka.net/kuvatoimisto/kuvat03/Img3037.jpg
Rauma, Finland. Shipping of XA-series of APC´s abroad

http://www.marttitikka.net/kuvatoimisto/kuvat03/Img3006.jpg
Evacuation of wounded, (I assume this is during training in Finland).

http://www.marttitikka.net/kuvatoimisto/kuvat03/Img3017.jpg
Doing "police duty" in Kosovo

http://www.marttitikka.net/kuvatoimisto/kuvat03/Img3020.jpg
Finnish UN-soldiers gear in southern Libanon, including
the finnish-made assault rifle 7.62 RK 62 TP.

http://www.marttitikka.net/kuvatoimisto/kuvat03/Img3033.jpg
Israeli APC in southern Lebanon passing finnish UN-soldiers

http://www.marttitikka.net/kuvatoimisto/kuvat03/Img3049.jpg
Main gate, Lipljan, Kosovo

http://www.marttitikka.net/kuvatoimisto/kuvat03/Img3038.jpg
Defensive position in south Lebanon (in plain english, it´s a bunker).

http://www.marttitikka.net/kuvatoimisto/kuvat03/Img3041.jpg
Beautiful Beirut

http://www.marttitikka.net/kuvatoimisto/kuvat01/Img1007.jpg
Raisu mine-clearing vehicle, SFOR = Bosnia

http://img11.photobucket.com/albums/v33/mustamato/kk-koulutus.jpg
Training, "no don´t do as I did, do it as I tell you"

http://img11.photobucket.com/albums/v33/mustamato/rauhanturvaaja.jpg
Finnish peacekeeper armed with his RK 95 assault rifle and M80 pistol

[mustamato]

Pics from a private finnish album, south Lebanon in early 90´s

http://img11.photobucket.com/albums/v33/mustamato/Rambo.jpg
Finnish Rambo :) Note the UN-blue colour.

http://img11.photobucket.com/albums/v33/mustamato/Hospital.jpg
The same man at work, giving a Lebanese child help

http://img11.photobucket.com/albums/v33/mustamato/Hirmut.jpg

http://img11.photobucket.com/albums/v33/mustamato/Pum.jpg

http://img11.photobucket.com/albums/v33/mustamato/Harjoitus.jpg
Training

http://img11.photobucket.com/albums/v33/mustamato/Jermut.jpg

http://img11.photobucket.com/albums/v33/mustamato/Tarkkailijat.jpg

More from his album here: http://www.kolumbus.fi/jutta.jaakkola/pic3/un1.htm

[mustamato]

Some more from the latest shiat in Kosovo.

http://tietokannat.mil.fi/rauhanturvaajat/get2data.php3?id=58
SISU APC on fire, well it´s actually Swedish-operated, but since it´s Finnish-built
it can be posted here as well...

http://tietokannat.mil.fi/rauhanturvaajat/get2data.php3?id=59
... the APC the day after, behind it Finnish and Irish KFOR-soldiers.

http://tietokannat.mil.fi/rauhanturvaajat/get2data.php3?id=60
Finnish soldiers and Albanians rioting

http://tietokannat.mil.fi/rauhanturvaajat/get2data.php3?id=61
Caglavica, Kosovo. Swedish, Finnish and Irish soldiers with UN police

http://tietokannat.mil.fi/rauhanturvaajat/get2data.php3?id=62
A serbs home that was fired upon by Albanians

http://tietokannat.mil.fi/rauhanturvaajat/get2data.php3?id=63

http://tietokannat.mil.fi/rauhanturvaajat/get2data.php3?id=64
Serbian church in Lipljani, that Albanians tried to destroy, but were
stopped by Finnish soldiers

http://tietokannat.mil.fi/rauhanturvaajat/get2data.php3?id=57
Something slightly different, a Spanish Boeing 737 that made a fooked up
landing in Prishtina

[RSK]

Great pics!!

[haze99]

Mustamato, sometimes you say the craziest things! (on other threads)But, da_n, you post some GREAT photos!

Lake Worth, Florida (USA) has alot of Finns living there!? Hey, maybe I can get a Finnish-American girl-friend!? :D wooo!

Nice Finn Batt images!

I was surprised to see the Yugoslav tanks still sitting where they were destoryed!? Isn't this part of the UN mission, to recover this stuff and dispose of it?

Me personaly, I would put those JNA tanks on a range and blast'em with the BILL II or APILAS! yea!

[bloddyaxe]

http://tietokannat.mil.fi/rauhanturvaajat/get2data.php3?id=57

Those firefighter guys by the Spanish Boeing wouldn't be Icelandic would they...

[Ichhabe]

http://koti.mbnet.fi/~herrax/images/kranu.jpg

Any story behind how the Israeli 155-shell ended up there?

[mustamato]

I was surprised to see the Yugoslav tanks still sitting where they were destoryed!? Isn't this part of the UN mission, to recover this stuff and dispose of it?

Me personaly, I would put those JNA tanks on a range and blast'em with the BILL II or APILAS! yea!

I don´t know why they still are there. Maybe as a reminder? I would rather
like to see them put in a museum than blown up, well of course not all, some
can blown up :P Here is a another wreck, from Finnish B-company area in
the Sedlar valley in Kosovo, NATO-destroyed Serbian 2S1 howitzer

http://tietokannat.mil.fi/rauhanturvaajat/get2data.php3?id=54

http://tietokannat.mil.fi/rauhanturvaajat/get2data.php3?id=50
Another photo from the B-company´s responsibility area, photo taken
in the summer of 1999 and showing a factory compound hit by NATO



http://tietokannat.mil.fi/rauhanturvaajat/get2data.php3?id=57

Those firefighter guys by the Spanish Boeing wouldn't be Icelandic would they...

Could be, I don´t know, but if the firefighters in Prishtina airport is Icelandic,
then those on the pictures probably are that yes, here is a another picture from
the same accident, atleast some of them are obviously Finnish:

http://tietokannat.mil.fi/rauhanturvaajat/get2data.php3?id=56


http://koti.mbnet.fi/~herrax/images/kranu.jpg

Any story behind how the Israeli 155-shell ended up there?

I have no idea, the only caption on the photo is that it was hit by a 155 mm
grenade. But if we put it like this, I don´t think that stuff like that happens by
"mistake", maybe it was ment as warning or something like that.

[mustamato]

Finnish soldiers in Eritrea/Ethiopia as part of the UNMEE mission

http://people.jyu.fi/~japerkki/images/campdata/camp12.jpg

http://people.jyu.fi/~japerkki/images/pltdata/plt15.jpg
Mick Hill in the back

http://people.jyu.fi/~japerkki/images/plt2data/mitaliparaati010.jpg

http://people.jyu.fi/~japerkki/images/pltdata/plt30.jpg
With some UN medal

http://people.jyu.fi/~japerkki/images/plt2data/Antola.jpg

http://people.jyu.fi/~japerkki/images/plt2data/53-C2.jpg
Finns always come with peace...

http://people.jyu.fi/~japerkki/images/plt3data/24.jpg
... and with SISU´s

http://people.jyu.fi/~japerkki/images/campdata/camp31.jpg
Eritrea´s flag

http://people.jyu.fi/~japerkki/images/campdata/camp19.jpg
Building a proper sauna

http://people.jyu.fi/~japerkki/images/plt2data/QRF.jpg

http://people.jyu.fi/~japerkki/images/plt2data/QRF006.jpg

http://people.jyu.fi/~japerkki/images/plt2data/VelluJaArpiainen.jpg
Jack Mehoff´s unknown (not any longer though) brother on the left

http://people.jyu.fi/~japerkki/images/plt2data/Manninen.jpg

http://people.jyu.fi/~japerkki/images/animdata/bug.jpg
Just one of the several nice bugs in the African enviroment

http://people.jyu.fi/~japerkki/images/plt2data/NymMaOonVihainen.jpg
Diver in the desert (divers badge on the uniform)

http://people.jyu.fi/~japerkki/images/plt3data/05.jpg
A little Iraq-feeling over this picture

http://people.jyu.fi/~japerkki/images/actdata/rec25.jpg
**** happens

http://people.jyu.fi/~japerkki/images/actdata/kaasutus1.jpg
Some gas in the eyes...

http://people.jyu.fi/~japerkki/images/actdata/kaasutus3.jpg
... and how the eyes look after 45-60 minutes

http://people.jyu.fi/~japerkki/images/actdata/rec10.jpg
Three Finns and two Jordanians

http://people.jyu.fi/~japerkki/images/plt3data/12.jpg
Finnish camp

http://people.jyu.fi/~japerkki/images/actdata/rec26.jpg
Some Indian food

http://people.jyu.fi/~japerkki/images/supadata/supa20.jpg
Time off

[Mike 1-3]

Nice pictures.





http://people.jyu.fi/~japerkki/images/plt2data/NymMaOonVihainen.jpg
Diver in the desert (divers badge on the uniform)



That Lt. was our chief instructor/platoon leader...oh the memories ;).

Brrr, even after these years I can still hear his voice in my head :D. But good guy anyway.

[Seoulstriker]

Excellent photos, mustamato!



Why do they mace the soldiers?

[Dagon]

Nice pics. What are those things on that blue plate?



http://www.marttitikka.net/images/kosovo/Img2120.jpg

[Caraway]

Nice pics. What are those things on that blue plate?



http://www.marttitikka.net/images/kosovo/Img2120.jpg

Detonators for those handgrenades.

[Tymi]

Great pics !

[Uninen]

:roll: How could one ever forget..... heitto kuntoon, kuljetus kuntoon... Even as those grenades shown arent "M61" the basic mechanism seems very similar.....

[Tymi]

Though it was nice to throw a live frag grenade ;)

[G1]

Great pics! Very interesting.

[mustamato]

Why do they mace the soldiers?

The series:


http://people.jyu.fi/~japerkki/images/actdata/kaasutus1.jpg
During "use of force"-training, some guys volunteered to test the effect
of OC, or pepper spray...

http://people.jyu.fi/~japerkki/images/actdata/IMG_0841.jpg
10-20 sekunds afterwards

http://people.jyu.fi/~japerkki/images/actdata/IMG_0847.jpg
After a minute Muunoja wanted water, much water

http://people.jyu.fi/~japerkki/images/actdata/kaasutus2.jpg
OC also disturbs the breathing, Sipilä felt a need to stand under the shower
for the next 45 minutes

http://people.jyu.fi/~japerkki/images/actdata/kaasutus3.jpg
After 45-60 minutes, boys are fit for fight again


Some more

http://people.jyu.fi/~japerkki/images/actdata/rec20.jpg
Finnish camp visible

http://people.jyu.fi/~japerkki/images/actdata/rec01.jpg

http://people.jyu.fi/~japerkki/images/actdata/rec17.jpg

http://people.jyu.fi/~japerkki/images/actdata/rec19.jpg

http://people.jyu.fi/~japerkki/images/actdata/rec36.jpg
"Look, how pale he is, haha"

http://people.jyu.fi/~japerkki/images/actdata/rec35.jpg
This makes me hungry

http://people.jyu.fi/~japerkki/images/actdata/rec12.jpg

http://people.jyu.fi/~japerkki/images/pltdata/plt34.jpg
In a "Pizzeria and Pasta-house" in Asmara

http://people.jyu.fi/~japerkki/images/pltdata/IMG_0069.jpg
Some of da boyz

http://people.jyu.fi/~japerkki/images/plt2data/ArskaJaSeagal.jpg

http://people.jyu.fi/~japerkki/images/plt2data/SimommedAli.jpg
Finnish soldier/boxer Simo Latvala (note the poster behind him, Latvala won)

http://people.jyu.fi/~japerkki/images/plt3data/28.jpg
... Finnish desert camo, works quite well

http://people.jyu.fi/~japerkki/images/plt3data/21.jpg
... out on the countryside

http://people.jyu.fi/~japerkki/images/plt3data/26.jpg

http://people.jyu.fi/~japerkki/images/actdata/rec08.jpg
Eating some Jordanian food

[jassemon]

http://www.marttitikka.net/images/eritrea/Unmee003.jpg
Porilaisaukio. Got to spend more than enough time standing there. Usually in the rain :)

http://tietokannat.mil.fi/rauhanturvaajat/get2data.php3?id=59
Does anyone have any futher info on what hit it? Being a Pasi-driver myself I'd really like to know. Those windows are supposed to be able to stop small arms fire... I hope the driver wasn't hurt bad :|

[FDF_Hemppis]

I'm just wondering about these battle vests they are wearing

1. The M85, standard issue.
http://people.jyu.fi/~japerkki/images/plt2data/QRF.jpg

2. Special Jaeger vest, issued to peacekeeping forces?
http://people.jyu.fi/~japerkki/images/plt2data/Manninen.jpg

3. These I'm really curious about, those really don't look like standard issue FDF stuff! Anybody has any info on these ones?
Or maybe those are LJK's recon vest? I haven't seen one single picture of those, so can't say...
http://people.jyu.fi/~japerkki/images/plt2data/QRF006.jpg

Any info is appreciated!

[mustamato]

I'm just wondering about these battle vests they are wearing

1. The M85, standard issue.
http://people.jyu.fi/~japerkki/images/plt2data/QRF.jpg

2. Special Jaeger vest, issued to peacekeeping forces?
http://people.jyu.fi/~japerkki/images/plt2data/Manninen.jpg

3. These I'm really curious about, those really don't look like standard issue FDF stuff! Anybody has any info on these ones?
Or maybe those are LJK's recon vest? I haven't seen one single picture of those, so can't say...
http://people.jyu.fi/~japerkki/images/plt2data/QRF006.jpg

Any info is appreciated!

I would rather think that they are all issued m/85´s, but the guys on 2 and 3
have bought their own commercial vests. Number 2, I would think that is a:

http://www.varusteleka.fi/varusteet/mp_taisteluliivi_pieni.jpg
http://www.maanpuolustusyhtio.fi/tuotteet/liivit_3.html

http://people.jyu.fi/~japerkki/images/plt2data/GreetingsFromHell041.jpg
The dude on the right have one of those as well

Dalleer here have one of those, ask him for more info about it. Number 3 is not
anything from FDF either, it´s something commercial the guy have bought
himself, but what kind of vest it is, I have no idea. But it´s not a LJK recon vest,
because they look like this:

http://www.teres.fi/erna/2001/kuvat/04-tiistai/IMG_1528.jpg

[Catch22]

Very good photos mm! Thanks :)

[Dalleer]

Yes, I do have one of those "MP vests" right here. Many "advertisements" say that it's supposed to be modeled a bit after the LJK vest and in my opinion you can see the similarities on the shoulder straps for an example.

Anyway, here's a badly scanned photo of the magazine pouches on that MP-vest:

http://img15.photobucket.com/albums/v46/Dalleer/RKmahtuu25.jpg

RK mags fit in perfectly, same goes for many AK-clone mags I'd think. So pretty good for reservist use.

[FDF_Hemppis]

Oh yeah, MP-vest...of course! I have seen those, even went to the shop to try those out (gonna buy 'em one day...), just didn't connect the dots, so to say :oops:

But the 3rd vest is a mystery...

[FDF_Hemppis]

@Dalleer:

You wouldn't happen to have a digicam, would you?
I'd really like some good photos of the MP-vest, all the ones in the net are really crappy :(

[Dalleer]

@Dalleer:

You wouldn't happen to have a digicam, would you?
I'd really like some good photos of the MP-vest, all the ones in the net are really crappy :(

I wish I would have a digicam at the moment, but we'll see about that after the summer.

As far as I've seen these are one of the best photos available of the vest in the internet.

And it's a pretty simple design with almost everything attached to the vest with velcro

http://people.jyu.fi/~japerkki/images/plt2data/Manninen.jpg

For an example, those two smaller pockets are sewn into the vest, so you can't take them out. But, the "bigger" pocket can be taken out and replaced, and the same goes for those two magazine pouches.

Those magazine pouches are available in 2-mag or 4-mag pouches (the 4-mag pouch has to be attached to your leg using a "D-lenkki" on the vest)

http://www.maanpuolustusyhtio.fi/images/mp_tetsari.jpg

Various pockets etc.

[Eddie]

I'm just wondering about these battle vests they are wearing

3. These I'm really curious about, those really don't look like standard issue FDF stuff! Anybody has any info on these ones?
Or maybe those are LJK's recon vest? I haven't seen one single picture of those, so can't say...
http://people.jyu.fi/~japerkki/images/plt2data/QRF006.jpg

Any info is appreciated!

Simply one of the best vests around:
http://www.arktisltd.co.uk/Products/1601_Battlevestjungle.jpg
Arktis 1601 Battlevest (Jungle)
http://www.arktisltd.co.uk/vestsmilitary.htm

[solidus]

No offense but the female on the right is too blubbery to be anything but Irish Rangers :lol:

http://tietokannat.mil.fi/rauhanturvaajat/get2data.php3?id=49
he is right and besides thay would have this badgehttp://www.army.ie/images/arw03.gif on there left arm if there were rangers

[moughoun]

And they would be warining dark green beret's, if you could find them that is sneaky bugger's they don't really like camera's p-)

[solidus]

And they would be warining dark green beret's, if you could find them that is sneaky bugger's they don't really like camera's p-)
that is treue ive been looking for a pic of there new webbing for ages
this is the best i can find
http://www.specialoperations.com/Foreign/Ireland/Rangers/East_Timor/et2.jpg
http://groups.msn.com/_Secure/0WgDpAtwdp5Iq3ZftHqPavfjN*hqAA3ewAtVZfHv2HdugmW5ouTksRc!cOjxSLRP*tlbYrH1xFgKG3afhKS1oAGfYuZ9BHy4GRcwG74XHq*rUDvmKRKVbWhyQG8KgVEVP1tXp11gxxVU/chuckandrecceedited.jpg?dc=4675465077570147937

[Mike 1-3]

This "ranger" mixup:

In the original Finnish text, the caption reads something like "two Irish jääkäris..." (the Finn on the right is a Lance Corporal). In FDF official publications, the word jääkäri is a rank title meaning a private in general and specifically a private in an infantry unit. In Finland, the rank titles for privates usually reflect the unit they are serving with - thus, infantrymen and supporting roles are jääkäri's, artillerymen and ammo truck drivers etc are "tykkimies" (Gunner?), and so on.

Thus the caption says what it says, meaning simply two Irish privates. Not Rangers.

A bit about Finnish designations:

The word "jääkäri" is a source of some confusion, since in other European nations (particulary in Scandinavia) "jaegers" tend to be more or less special forces.

Yes, jääkäri (jaeger/jäger) is also a title for better equipped and trained Finnish "shock" infantry units - in most countries they would be classified as a light infantry or motorized infantry, due to comparatively light equipment. Yet it is not really the case as these units are intended for a very offensive "stormtrooper" role.

I personally think that a better description for jääkäri units would be "mobile infantry" (apologies to mr. Heinlein ;)) - since they tend to be quite mobile with or without vehicles, in all terrain and all weather. And, in nowadays, in Finland and abroad.

The Finnish units somewhat more resembling what is usually meant by a word "Ranger" are Sissi (Ranger) or Tiedustelu (Recon) platoons and companies and - with some reservations - special forces of airborne ranger/combat diver schools.

The official translation for the word Sissi is, incidentally, "Ranger", although the literal meaning is "Guerilla".

The latter is - in my opinion - much more fitting to training, equipment and mission tactics:

Light gear, small units, live off the land for an extended period, stay behind the enemy lines or infiltrate through, seek and destroy targets of opportunity, gather intelligence, attack wherever the enemy is weak, cause damage, confusion and terror, and MOVE MOVE MOVE.

[ikurinturbiini]

This "ranger" mixup:

In the original Finnish text, the caption reads something like "two Irish jääkäris..." (the Finn on the right is a Lance Corporal). In FDF official publications, the word jääkäri is a rank title meaning a private in general and specifically a private in an infantry unit. In Finland, the rank titles for privates usually reflect the unit they are serving with - thus, infantrymen and supporting roles are jääkäri's, artillerymen and ammo truck drivers etc are "tykkimies" (Gunner?), and so on.

Thus the caption says what it says, meaning simply two Irish privates. Not Rangers.

A bit about Finnish designations:

The word "jääkäri" is a source of some confusion, since in other European nations (particulary in Scandinavia) "jaegers" tend to be more or less special forces.

Yes, jääkäri (jaeger/jäger) is also a title for better equipped and trained Finnish "shock" infantry units - in most countries they would be classified as a light infantry or motorized infantry, due to comparatively light equipment. Yet it is not really the case as these units are intended for a very offensive "stormtrooper" role.

I personally think that a better description for jääkäri units would be "mobile infantry" (apologies to mr. Heinlein ;)) - since they tend to be quite mobile with or without vehicles, in all terrain and all weather. And, in nowadays, in Finland and abroad.

The Finnish units somewhat more resembling what is usually meant by a word "Ranger" are Sissi (Ranger) or Tiedustelu (Recon) platoons and companies and - with some reservations - special forces of airborne ranger/combat diver schools.

The official translation for the word Sissi is, incidentally, "Ranger", although the literal meaning is "Guerilla".

The latter is - in my opinion - much more fitting to training, equipment and mission tactics:

Light gear, small units, live off the land for an extended period, stay behind the enemy lines or infiltrate through, seek and destroy targets of opportunity, gather intelligence, attack wherever the enemy is weak, cause damage, confusion and terror, and MOVE MOVE MOVE.

WHO GIVES A **** ABOUT YOUR GAY FINNISH ARMY AND... Whoops, sorry. That wasn't my line. But it's coming. Watch this space!

;)

[FDF_Hemppis]

Time to bring this one up to speed, since I found a site that contains pics of every peacekeeping mission Finland has participated:

HERE (http://www.marttitikka.net/index.htm)

Some pics have been posted before, some not. Enjoy!

[Dalleer]

Hmm, and I always thought we stole the "Jaeger"-word from the Germans.

And wouldn't "tykkimies" translate to "artilleryman" more or less..

[PRKL]

WHO GIVES A f*** ABOUT YOUR GAY FINNISH ARMY AND... Whoops, sorry. That wasn't my line. But it's coming. Watch this space!

;)

Maybe other GAY ARMY guys and gals?! :hug:

[Kekkonen]

A little update, all of them from Afghanistan.

http://www.mil.fi/rauhanturvaaja/get2data.php?id=91</img>
A Finnish ISAF captain with kids in Afghanistan

http://www.mil.fi/rauhanturvaaja/get2data.php?id=88</img>
A lieutenant doing some CIVIC work in Afghanistan

http://www.mil.fi/rauhanturvaaja/get2data.php?id=87</img>
A lieutenant purchasing sewing machines to the "Mothers of Afghanistans"-organization

http://www.mil.fi/rauhanturvaaja/get2data.php?id=86</img>
FINCIMIC squad 6, during a break in Gurjay

http://www.mil.fi/rauhanturvaaja/get2data.php?id=85</img>
Public transportation in Afghanistan

http://www.mil.fi/rauhanturvaaja/get2data.php?id=83</img>
A minibus in Afghanistan that has been in some sort of accident, but is still rolling on the streets.

http://www.mil.fi/rauhanturvaaja/get2data.php?id=82</img>
Meating the elders

http://www.mil.fi/rauhanturvaaja/get2data.php?id=81</img>

http://www.mil.fi/rauhanturvaaja/get2data.php?id=79</img>
Handing out ISAF News

http://www.holkkari.net/omatkuvat/isaf/aaf.jpg
Finns in Afghanistan

http://www.holkkari.net/omatkuvat/isaf/aab.jpg
Nice AK

[Tango-Papa]

Nice pictures.





http://people.jyu.fi/~japerkki/images/plt2data/NymMaOonVihainen.jpg
Diver in the desert (divers badge on the uniform)



That Lt. was our chief instructor/platoon leader...oh the memories ;).

Brrr, even after these years I can still hear his voice in my head :D. But good guy anyway.


Well whaddya know- That's a buddy of mine in the front! Nice surprise to find this photo! Cool! :) Terveisiä vaan!